Lancaster Wetlands Protection Bylaw Filing Fees
Mail Lancaster Filing Fees, along with a copy of this form, the DEP form and copy of DEP check plus Local portion of DEP fees (see opposite side) to:
Lancaster Office of Community Development and Planning
695 Main Street, Suite 4, Lancaster, MA 01523
Notice of Intent:
Applicant should file unless a property preexisted to this bylaw (All applicants will still be required to file with State DEP)
Category 1 $150: _________
a) work on single family lot of the scope of an addition, pool, etc.,
b) site work without a house in BVW or buffer
c) control vegetation of bordering vegetative wetland, including removal of trees
d) resource improvement including bank improvement on riverfront or improvements to BVW buffers
e) work on septic system separate from house
f) monitoring well activities minus roadway
Category 2 $300.00 _______
a) construction of single family house
b) parking lot
c) beach nourishment
d) electric generating facility activities
e) inland limited projects minus road crossings and agriculture
f) each crossing for driveway to single family house
g) each project source (storm drain) discharge
h) control vegetation in development
i) water level variations
j) any other activity not in Category 1, 3, 4, 5 or 6
k) water supply exploration
Category 3 $700.00 _______
a) site preparation (for development) beyond Notice of Intent scope
b) each building (for development) including site
c) road construction not crossing or driveway
d) hazardous cleanup
e) water supply development
Category 4 $1500.00 _______
a)each crossing for development or commercial road
b) dam, sluiceway, tidegate (safety) work
c) landfills operation/closures
d) sand and gravel operations
e) railroad line construction
f) bridge
g) hazardous waste alterations to resource areas
h) dredging
i) package treatment plant and discharge
j) airport tree clearing
k) oil and/or hazardous material release response actions
Category 5 $1050.00 _______
a)work on docks, piers, revetments, dikes, etc. (inland)
Request for Determination of Applicability:
RDA for Single Family Homeowner $100.00 _______
RDA for developer or other $50.00/per acre _______
Abbreviated Notice of Resource Area Delineation:
The ANRAD fee is calculated as follows:
Single family house project X number of feet of BVW X $3.00 = Total fee not to exceed $300.
All other projects X number of feet of BVW X $3.00 = Total fee not to exceed $3,000 _______
Request for Certificate of Compliance:
Initial requests for Certificates of Compliance $60.00 _______
If a site fails to be approved for a Certificate of Compliance, a fee of $60.00 will be assessed for each subsequent site visits needed to issue the Certificate of Compliance.
Others:
Request for a duplicate original of Order of Conditions, Amended Order of Conditions, or Certificate of Compliance: $60.00_______
Extensions $200.00_______
Amendment to Order of Conditions $200.00_______
ADD $30.00 for Legal Notice $30.00 __________
Total Lancaster Wetland Bylaw Fees _________________
Mail Lancaster Filing Fees, along with a copy of this form, the DEP form and copy of DEP check plus Local portion of DEP fees (see opposite side) to:
Lancaster Office of Community Development and Planning
695 Main Street, Suite 4
Lancaster, MA 01523
Applicant should file unless a property preexisted to this bylaw (All applicants will still be required to file with State DEP)
Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act
and River Protection Act Filing Fees:
Instructions for Calculating Wetland Filing Fees for NOI Fee Transmittal Form:
The wetland filing fee should be calculated using the following steps based on a hypothetical project involving two driveway crossings through a Riv-erfront Area and Bordering Vegetated Wetland and six single family houses in Riverfront Area only.
Category Activities and Fees:
Category 1: $110 _________
a.) work on single family lot; addition, pool, etc.
b.) site work without a house
c.) control vegetation
d.) resource improvement
e.) work on septic system separate from house
f.) monitoring well activities minus roadway
g.) new agricultural or aquaculture projects
Category 2: $500 _________
a.) construction of single family house
b.) parking lot
c.) beach nourishment
d.) electric generating facility activities
e.) inland limited projects minus road
crossings and agriculture
f.) each crossing for driveway to single family
house
g.) each project source (storm drain) discharge
h.) control vegetation in development
i.) water level variations
j.) any other activity not in Category 1, 3, 4, 5 or 6
k.) water supply exploration
Category 3: $1,050 _________
a.) site preparation (for development) beyond Notice of Intent scope
b.) each building (for development) including site
c.) road construction not crossing or driveway
d.) hazardous cleanup
e.) water supply development
Category 4: $1,450 _________
a.) each crossing for development or
commercial road
b.) dam, sluiceway, tidegate (safety) work
c.) landfills operation/closures
d.) sand and gravel operations
e.) railroad line construction
f.) bridge
g.) hazardous waste alterations to resource areas
h.) dredging
i.) package treatment plant and discharge
j.) airport tree clearing
k.) oil and/or hazardous material release
response actions
Category 5 (Fee is $4 per linear foot; total fee not less than $100 or more than $2,000):
a.) work on docks, piers, revetments, dikes, etc. (coastal or inland) ___________
Category 6 (Fee is $2 per linear foot for each resource area):
For each resource area delineation, the fee shall not exceed $200 for activities associated with a single family house or $2,000 for all other activities).
___________
Examples of How to Calculate Wetland Filing Fees
Example 1: New single family house with associated work located within Riverfront Area (RA) only: There is one Category 2 activity (2.a., single family home construction and associated work).
Fee for home and associated work (RA): = $500
Total Fee: $500
Fee due City/Town: $262.50 ($500/2 + $12.50)
Fee due State: $237.50 ($500/2 - $12.50)
Example 2 : Construction of 10 single family homes within a subdivision, eight of the homes are within a Riverfront Area (RA), and a portion of each of the two re-maining homes are within Bordering Vegetated Wetland (BVW) and RA. There will be 4 stormwater discharges located within BVW’s Buffer Zone. There also is one lim-ited project access roadway reviewable under 310 CMR
10.53(3)(e) located in BVW and RA. There are ten Category 2 projects (2(a.), 10 homes each involving work in a wetland resource area) and one Category 4 project 4(a.), limited project for access to resi-
dential subdivision). The fee for review of the stormwater discharges is included in Category 2(a.).
Fee for single family homes:
8 in RA ($500 for each of the 8 homes) = $4,000
2 in BVW: $1,000 x 1.5 (RA) = $1,500
Fee for limited project access: $1,450 (BVW) x 1.5 (RA) = $2,175
Total Fee: = $7,675
Fee due City/Town: $3,850 ($7,675/2 + 12.50)
Fee due State: $3,825 ($7,675/2 - $12.50)
Mail transmial forms and DEP payments, payable to:Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Department of Environmental Protection
Box 4062
Boston, MA 02211
Add:
Lancaster Wetlands Protection Bylaw Filing Fees Calculated from above.
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